I promise that someday soon I will do a blog post unrelated to Karsten...however I am more thankful than ever that I have this blog to quickly document his life. I have his baby album and it is my plan to get it going once we move to our temporary apt, but at least for now I've held my memories and thoughts here. I have a huge project list right now, and it's only growing longer by the day...but blogging is on that list, so keep checking in!
We've had Karsten for 3 weeks and he is changing slightly every day. He is getting much stronger, holding his head up, and kicking and pushing a lot. His hair is thinning and Brian is looking into baby Rogaine. ;) He is alert a lot more and is beginning to recognize our voices and faces (I think). He loves being held and being talked to and sang to. The act of swaddling isn't his favorite thing, but once he's wrapped up he's happy.
His current nicknames (we're big on nicknames in this house) are Mr. Baby (Brian's nickname for him) and Bugaboo (my nickname for him). He's also been called Baby Bear, Booger Bear, and Pumpkin Head.
Here are some of my favorite faces these days.
so tired
I love looking outside
I love my swing...most of the time
Mommy's favorite face
I love being held by Daddy
I love napping on mommy and daddy's bed
Contentment
I love looking at the ceiling fan
Love Him
So adorable!
Posted by: Danice Oliver | May 01, 2011 at 07:58 AM
Oh my goodness! He is even more beautiful than I remember! These are great pics <3
Posted by: Christine Humphries | May 01, 2011 at 08:15 AM
Angela, first of all he is SO precious and Pumpkin Head is a favorite in the Parra household :)
Posted by: Catherine | May 03, 2011 at 09:50 AM
He is PRECIOUS!! I'm so happy for you guys. Hope to meet him when we're in town for graduation :)
Posted by: kyrbie | May 03, 2011 at 11:58 AM
That first one is great!!!!
Posted by: Wendy Kerth | May 05, 2011 at 10:47 PM